New York schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4101 | BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN · BROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL | High | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4102 | BROOKLYN HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 | High | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4103 | ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL BUFFALO · ENTERPRISE CHARTER SCHOOL | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4104 | G W KRIEGER SCHOOL POUGHKEEPSIE · POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4105 | HENRY L STIMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL HUNTINGTON STATION · SOUTH HUNTINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4106 | IDA B WELLS-BARNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 34 ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4107 | IS 339 BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 | Middle | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4108 | IS 347 SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 | Middle | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4109 | JOHNSON CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY · JOHNSON CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4110 | LAKESHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER · GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4111 | MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WYANDANCH · WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4112 | MS 319 MARIE TERESA NEW YORK · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 | Middle | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4113 | NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD · BRENTWOOD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4114 | PS 106 EDWARD EVERETT HALE BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4115 | PS 23 NEW CHILDREN'S SCHOOL (THE) BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4116 | PS 307 DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4117 | PS 377 ALEJANDRINA B DE GAUTIER BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4118 | PS 55 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4119 | SCHOOL 19-DR CHARLES T LUNSFORD ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4120 | STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER BUFFALO · BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4121 | WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OLEAN · OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 28.0% | -30.3pp |
| 4122 | ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #17 | High | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4123 | ANGELO PATRI MIDDLE SCHOOL (THE) BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #10 | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4124 | ANTHONY ALFANO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP · CENTRAL ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4125 | EDMUND W MILES MIDDLE SCHOOL AMITYVILLE · AMITYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4126 | GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOL NEWBURGH · NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4127 | HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING VALLEY · EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY) | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4128 | HUNTINGTON K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE · SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4129 | JHS 291 ROLAND HAYES BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #32 | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4130 | KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING VALLEY · EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY) | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4131 | MORRISONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MORRISONVILLE · SARANAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4132 | MS 324 PATRIA MIRABAL NEW YORK · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 6 | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4133 | ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY · SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4134 | PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FULTON · MEXICO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4135 | PS 111 JACOB BLACKWELL LONG ISLAND CITY · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #30 | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4136 | PS 18 JOHN PETER ZENGER BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 7 | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4137 | PS 194 COUNTEE CULLEN NEW YORK · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5 | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4138 | PS 256 BENJAMIN BANNEKER BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4139 | PS 419 FLUSHING · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4140 | PS 48 JOSEPH R DRAKE BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 8 | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4141 | PS 73 BRONX BRONX · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 9 | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4142 | PS 93 WILLIAM H PRESCOTT BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #13 | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4143 | RESEARCH AND SERVICE HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN · NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #16 | High | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4144 | ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL ROOSEVELT · ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4145 | SCHOOL 52-FRANK FOWLER DOW ROCHESTER · ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4146 | SOUTH SENECA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERLAKEN · SOUTH SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4147 | WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL WALTON · WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4148 | WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY AMSTERDAM · AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | Middle | 27.0% | -31.3pp |
| 4149 | BENJAMIN COSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FALLSBURG · FALLSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | Elementary | 26.0% | -32.3pp |
| 4150 | BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN · BROOKLYN LABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL | High | 26.0% | -32.3pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NYS Assessments % Proficient (Level 3+4) threshold on the latest available NYS Assessments English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in New York, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.